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Paris is better than a lot of things and a lot of places -- and yes, we are allowed to make blanket statements like this because we have the facts to back it up. Here are a dozen things that the City of Light steamrolls the world’s other, lesser metropolises at...

2. Best at being affordable for young people

Wait, what? If you’re young and living in Paris, you may want to dispute this, but you can’t dispute figures. Turns out that the City of Light has the top spot in the Youthful Cities Affordability Index, thanks to its high minimum wage.

4. Best at getting people to drive with only one stop sign

Because of the “give way to the right” law, you know how many stop signs the city of Paris has to have to keep traffic in order? One. According to the police, who dropped this lovely fact in a weekly newsletter (because of course la police has a weekly newsletter), it’s in the 16th arrondissement.

5. Best for buying old, fancy things

6. Best at hosting a secret pop-up dinner party

For more than a quarter of a century, Paris has been home to Diner en Blanc, a secret culinary affair. Diners have to receive an invitation, have to dress in white, have to arrive by public transportation, and don’t know where they’ll be eating until just before. This year’s event drew 12,000 people, all dressed in their whitest finery.

7. Best at mistaking a sex toy for a Christmas tree

8. Best at eating fast food, after the Americans

The French may scold you for your eating habits, but next time you get scorned for eating a burger, consider holding up a mirror. Fast-food sales account for more than 54% of restaurant sales in France, and they love chomping down on their McDonald’s, which has more locations per capita in France than any other country in Europe.

9. Best at being wealthy

10. Best at rollerblading

Paris holds the title for the largest parade of inline skaters. In 2008, over 1,100 participants skated for 20.4km, landing them a Guinness World Record. Don’t smirk, rollerblading is totally acceptable here.